カミさんの命令で一昨日の降雪ドンピシャでの冬タイヤへの交換。
　これまで会社経営時代に多数のクルマのタイヤを集中保管してもらっていたのが、こちらの札幌郊外、石狩川河口近くの「茨戸」にある会社。いまはわが家の１台分だけなのですが、引き続き預かってもらっていて、クルマを持参して小１時間ほど作業してもらう。
　で、楽しみなのが周辺散歩なのです（笑）。ゴルフもキッパリ止めたのは散歩というゼロコストの楽しい運動習慣を獲得しているから。散歩自体はもう30年以上習慣化していますが、ゴルフは仕事の付き合いで継続していたが、それはおおむね消滅して超ヘタからようやく「卒業」。清々しさいっぱい（笑）。
　一方で散歩は、どんどんあらたな光景が目の前に広がってくれるという「無上の快楽」。
　ちょうどこの茨戸では大河石狩川河口・日本海に隣接して三日月湖の水辺が広がってくれている。こういう「天上世界もかくや」と思えるような風景、雲の流れと地上世界のあわい風景が数寄。
　そういうことで、タイヤ交換の手続きも早々に、外に飛び出した。
　高齢期になってこういう「天国に一番近い」ビジュアルに弱くなってくる（笑）。いま現在は執筆活動に脳味噌が集中して熱くなってもいるので、そういうクールダウン効果はやはりビジュアル的な癒しがいちばん効果的なのでしょうね。
　同年代の「限りなく透明に近いブルー」を著された村上龍さんは23日に亡くなられましたが、文章の端々に映像的な感受力が冴え渡っていた。そういう直感力にはもちろん遠く足下にも近づけませんが、ビジュアルにわたしは深く癒されるタイプだと思っています。
　天国とは違ってのカラスたちの「早くいなくなれ」という喧噪にもめげず、耳をふさぎながらしばし、うっとりとみとれて、一昨日の寒冷から一転しての晴れ間を楽しんでおりました。
　おかげで「あれもどう、これもどうですか」というお店側の提案についサインしてしまっていましたが（泣）、帰ってからカミさんからも「ま、いいんじゃない」との許可（ホッ）。地獄には突き落とされずに済みました。ありがとう、三日月湖。

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[Tire Change in Ibato, Strolling Around Mikazuki Lake While Waiting]
A chance to stroll along the water’s edge twice a year. A nature-viewing route that has become a habit around the start and end of winter. I’m completely captivated by the stunning scenery created where the river meets the sea. …

　On my wife’s orders, I switched to winter tires right in time for the snowfall the day before yesterday.
　Back when I was running my own company, I used to have a large number of car tires stored at a company in “Ibarato,” near the mouth of the Ishikari River on the outskirts of Sapporo. Now it’s just one set for our family car, but they’re still storing it for us, so I took the car there and had them do the work—it took about an hour.
　And what I really look forward to is taking a walk around the area (lol). The reason I’ve completely given up golf is that I’ve adopted walking—a fun, zero-cost exercise habit. Walking itself has been a habit of mine for over 30 years, but I’d kept playing golf for business networking purposes. Now that those opportunities have mostly dried up, I’ve finally “graduated” from being a terrible player. It’s incredibly refreshing (lol).
　On the other hand, walking offers the “supreme pleasure” of constantly discovering new scenery unfolding right before my eyes.
　Right here in Ibarato, the shores of Mikazuki Lake stretch out adjacent to the mouth of the great Ishikari River and the Sea of Japan. I find great delight in these kinds of landscapes—the kind that make you think, “Is this what heaven looks like?”—where the flow of the clouds meets the scenery of the earthly world.
So, after quickly wrapping up the tire-change paperwork, I dashed outside.
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve become more and more susceptible to these “closest-to-heaven” views (lol). Right now, my brain is fully focused on my writing and running hot, so when it comes to cooling down, visual healing is probably the most effective remedy.
　Ryu Murakami, a fellow author of my generation who wrote *A Blue Almost Transparent*, passed away on the 23rd, but his writing was brimming with vivid, cinematic sensitivity in every line. Of course, I’m nowhere near his level of intuition, but I consider myself the type who finds deep healing in visuals.
　Undeterred by the crows’ clamor—which, unlike in heaven, seemed to be saying, “Go away already!”—I covered my ears for a moment and gazed in rapture, enjoying the sunny spell that had suddenly replaced the cold of the day before yesterday.
　As a result, I ended up signing off on the shop’s suggestions—“How about this? How about that?” (sigh)—but when I got home, my wife gave me her blessing, saying, “Well, I guess it’s okay” (phew). I managed to avoid being cast into hell.

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Posted on 10月 24th, 2026 by 三木 奎吾
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